@x0tiq: Yes, although it's optically identical to the regular 50mm f1.8G. The only difference is apparently the silver "aperture ring" around it.
Nikon Df - the new King of High ISO performance ?
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@x0tiq: Yes, although it's optically identical to the regular 50mm f1.8G. The only difference is apparently the silver "aperture ring" around it.
The silver part is the "lens mounting ring" not aperture ring.
Actually what I meant was that on the special edition 50mm 1.8G the silver ring was just for styling, and serves no useful purpose, hence the open inverted commas! But you are right it could be the "lens mounting ring" rather than "aperture ring"... I stand corrected
No problem, and I'm aware it serves no purpose in the present instance, while formerly that's where one would grab to change lens. Good writeup btw. Enjoyed it.
As posted earlier, I used some Unsharpen during raw conversion. Images from Bayer sensors, especially those with anti-aliasing filters sometimes need some sharpening to look their best, unlike those from Foveon sensors.
I still have the D800E. It's just that the Df is much lighter, looks better and have superb high ISO performance. For my kind of photography, I don't find the AF of the D800E much different from that of the Df. In fact, sometimes under certain low light conditions, I much prefer the Df to the D800E as the Df will still autofocus on the subject but the D800E would resort to using the irritating focus assist light when taking the same shot.
You still keep your D800E ? I sold my D800 already, one house could not have two wives :think:
I like Df so much as well, as it can focus so fast in low light condition without help of the irritating focus assist light.
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And here I am getting wife after wife... only recently sold one of the wives.
Focus assist can turn off la.
Maybe Bro Tomcat cannot share his experience with D800E ;p
I used to shoot with D800, not the E version.
hi guys. don't mean to interrupt but does anyone here has used the DF for any assignments (e.g. wedding and etc) mounting 70-200vrii on this beauty? i know the df is preferably used with primes, I'm just wondering how it feels.
I used that lens on Nikon Df for portrait shoot. At first, you may feel a bit unbalanced.
This may be subjective opinion but I get used to it and have shot for 2 hours without any issue.
ISO KING in action
(sorry no cat, but have bird)
Images courtesy to Pixee from DPreview
The bird images were taken with Nikon Df and 300 f2.8+ Tc 20eIII
"Noise reduction is 0. Af is accurate, no hunting! 5,5 fs works well, low light noise control is very good, color rendition is good and clean" :thumbsup:
1/800, f/6.3, ISO1600, 600mm
1/640, f/8, ISO3200, 600mm
1/640, f/8, ISO3200, 600mm
(sorry no cat, but have bird)
Images courtesy to Pixee from DPreview
The bird images were taken with Nikon Df and 300 f2.8+ Tc 20eIII
"Noise reduction is 0. Af is accurate, no hunting! 5,5 fs works well, low light noise control is very good, color rendition is good and clean" :thumbsup:
1/800, f/6.3, ISO1600, 600mm
1/640, f/8, ISO3200, 600mm
1/640, f/8, ISO3200, 600mm
Last month after buying the WU-1a to for remote control and upload of photos from my Df, my wife and I stopped by the Prata Place at Sembawang Road to buy supper for my kids. So I took out the WU-1a and started playing with it and took some shots; dark and murky one of the turned out.
Not high ISO but shadows retrieval - only ISO 180 as picked by Nikon Df under auto ISO.
As shot - jpeg output from LR, no adjustment, resized.
I am new to shadow retrieval using LR, having used LR only for a month and hardly had time to play with it. Today I tried.
LR adjusted, HL -21, Shadows +60, Black +10, Clarity +10, Vibrance +20, Lens Profile Applied
100% crop original
LR adjusted
Not sure how you feel, but I think this is quite remarkable!
Reference: http://www.fredmiranda.com/5DIII-D800/
Not high ISO but shadows retrieval - only ISO 180 as picked by Nikon Df under auto ISO.
As shot - jpeg output from LR, no adjustment, resized.
I am new to shadow retrieval using LR, having used LR only for a month and hardly had time to play with it. Today I tried.
LR adjusted, HL -21, Shadows +60, Black +10, Clarity +10, Vibrance +20, Lens Profile Applied
100% crop original
LR adjusted
Not sure how you feel, but I think this is quite remarkable!
Reference: http://www.fredmiranda.com/5DIII-D800/
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Taken with Df and AF-S Nikkor 85mm f/1.8G
Sleeping Cats
1/125s f/2.8 at 85.0mm ISO 140
1/320s f/2.8 at 85.0mm ISO 100
Dancing Cats
1/125s f/2.8 at 85.0mm ISO 11,400
Sleeping Cats
1/125s f/2.8 at 85.0mm ISO 140
1/320s f/2.8 at 85.0mm ISO 100
Dancing Cats
1/125s f/2.8 at 85.0mm ISO 11,400
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